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Victim: Jane Levine, thirty-one

COD: Internal injuries from weight of vehicle

TOD: Approximately 4:00 a.m.

General notes:

• Robbery not motive

• No sexual assault

• Victim was not a known witness, no one appeared to be delivering “messages”

• No drug or other illegal or organized crime connection

• No known enemies

• Present boyfriend has alibi

• Dated casually men met through work, health club, church—no bad breakups or stalkers

• Appears to be a random crime, likely a serial perpetrator

Evidence:

• Approximately 82 pounds of household trash, covering auto ramp to garage and floor of garage, probably from Dumpster in apartment building

• Duct tape

image --used to subdue victim

image --four nearly empty rolls located, probably taken from trash

image --to be determined if one was the source of the tape used on victim

• Hair, some naturally detached from follicles, some cut

image --approximately 930 separate samples

image --human, animal? To be determined

• Shattered cinderblock

image --one piece used to strike victim from behind

image --all the pieces were spray painted, obscuring evidence (see paint below)

• Newspapers, magazines, direct mail pieces, apparently from trash and recycling bins; used, many items handled; therefore containing friction ridge prints

• Plastic spoons, forks, knives, food containers, beverage cups, coffee cartons, all used

image --185 samples

image --DNA, to be determined

• Swabs of human and/or animal organic materials, revealed by alternative light source

image --saliva, semen, plasma, sweat, vaginal fluids?

image --possibly delivered to the scene via strewing trash and medical waste

image --742 swabs taken from different locations

image --DNA, to be determined

• Fibers, cloth

image --439 samples

• Fibers, nylon

image --230 samples

• Fibers, metal

image --25 samples

• Paint

image --used throughout the site, presumably to obscure actual evidence

image --oil-based spray

image --Cans located, nearly empty, suggesting they were found in trash, rather than purchased

image --eight to ten friction ridge prints on each can